To Install PHP on Fedora, you need to add Remi repository to your system. PHP 8.4 is available for installation on any Fedora Linux system. PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. It was originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994. REMI is a third party repository with the latest builds of recent PHP releases not available in official OS repositories.
Install PHP 8.4 on Fedora
It is recommended to install the latest version available on the default Fedora RPM repositories. The version you’ll get varies from one Linux distribution to another. If you need a version of PHP not available on the upstream repositories, consider using third party repositories such as Remi.
To ensure this article works on any Fedora system we’ll use REMI repository method to install PHP 8.4 on Fedora Linux system.
Install PHP 8.4 on Fedora using Remi repository
For any other version of PHP not in default system repositories, add the Remi repository as shown in the next sections.
Update your Fedora system.
sudo dnf -y updateOnce the repository is installed, enable the Remi repo for PHP 8.4:
sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core
sudo dnf install -y https://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).rpm
sudo dnf module reset php -y
sudo dnf module enable php:remi-8.4 -yThen install PHP 8.4 from the Remi repo:
$ sudo dnf install php
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Installing:
php x86_64 8.4.16-1.module_php.8.4.fc43.remi remi-modular 5.1 MiB
Installing dependencies:
capstone x86_64 5.0.5-7.fc43 fedora 14.0 MiB
oniguruma x86_64 6.9.10-3.fc43 fedora 763.1 KiB
php-common x86_64 8.4.16-1.module_php.8.4.fc43.remi remi-modular 9.5 MiB
Installing weak dependencies:
nginx-filesystem noarch 2:1.28.1-3.fc43 updates 141.0 B
php-cli x86_64 8.4.16-1.module_php.8.4.fc43.remi remi-modular 10.3 MiB
php-fpm x86_64 8.4.16-1.module_php.8.4.fc43.remi remi-modular 5.2 MiB
php-mbstring x86_64 8.4.16-1.module_php.8.4.fc43.remi remi-modular 1.2 MiB
php-opcache x86_64 8.4.16-1.module_php.8.4.fc43.remi remi-modular 1.2 MiB
php-pdo x86_64 8.4.16-1.module_php.8.4.fc43.remi remi-modular 242.3 KiB
php-sodium x86_64 8.4.16-1.module_php.8.4.fc43.remi remi-modular 109.6 KiB
php-xml x86_64 8.4.16-1.module_php.8.4.fc43.remi remi-modular 2.1 MiB
Transaction Summary:
Installing: 12 packages
Total size of inbound packages is 10 MiB. Need to download 10 MiB.
After this operation, 50 MiB extra will be used (install 50 MiB, remove 0 B).
Is this ok [y/N]: yAgree to import the GPG Key:
Importing OpenPGP key 0x8F1F4B2D:
UserID : "Remi's RPM repository 2025 (https://rpms.remirepo.net/) <[email protected]>"
Fingerprint: 83833E4687A4AA03B6AC94F2061566968F1F4B2D
From : file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi-43
Is this ok [y/N]: yInstall PHP extensions using the name format php-<extension>. Example:
sudo dnf -y install php-cli php-fpm php-mysqlnd php-zip php-devel php-gd php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-pear php-bcmath php-jsonYou should now have PHP installed on Fedora:
$ php -v
PHP 8.4.16 (cli) (built: Dec 16 2025 16:03:34) (NTS gcc x86_64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Built by Remi's RPM repository <https://rpms.remirepo.net/> #StandWithUkraine
Zend Engine v4.4.16, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v8.4.16, Copyright (c), by Zend TechnologiesThe default PHP configuration file etc/php.ini/etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
When PHP settings are modified, you may need to restart your Web server.
# Nginx
sudo systemctl enable --now php-fpm
sudo systemctl restart nginx
# Apache
sudo systemctl enable --now php-fpm
sudo systemctl restart httpdPHP 8.4 has been installed successfully on Fedora Linux machine. Enjoy PHP Development and have a great time.
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Why use remi repo? Is it need to pay??
Remi is free to use.